Hygienic appliance for mouthpieces.



PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

H. L. CUTTER. HYGIENIG APPLIANCE FOR MOUTHPIEOES.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 15, 1902.-

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PATENT FFICE.

HORACE L. CUTTER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HYGIENIC APPLIANCE FOR MOUTHPIECES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,128, datedSeptember 2'7, 1904.

Application filed August 15, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE L. CUTTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Hygienic Appliance forMouthpieces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement upon a certain hygienic appliance forsound-transmitter mouthpieces, patented to Thomas R. Owen July 17, 1900,No. 654:,096.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved strip-holder forthe said appliance by means of which the hygienic strip will beappropriately held across the mouth of the instrument and can be drawnthereacross without cramping or becoming fastened, so as to tearprematurely.

Another object is to make provision whereby the manner of using thedevice will be more apparent, so that one who has not been instructedregarding the use of the same may readily see how to use it, and wherebyany one may more readily utilize the strip for the intended hygienicpurpose than with the former device.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure I is a view of the improved appliance in place on the mouthpieceof a telephonetransmitter with the hygienic strip in place. Fig. II arear view of the part of the strip holder in which this inventionresides. The hygienic strip is omitted from the view. Fig. III is asectional plan on line III III of Fig. II. Fig. IV is an enlarged planfrom the top of Fig. II. Fig. V is a view of the front piece removed.

1 is the frame of the appliance, downwardly bent at the front to form abacking member 2, which is provided with openings 3 4. Saiddownwardly-bent portion of the frame, to-

7 gether with the attachments carried thereby,

constitutes combined strip-guiding and stripcutting means.

5 is a bow-spring supported by the backing to which it is fastened by arivet 6 between the openings 3 and 4. I

7 and 8 designate lateral projections of the front piece.

backing member, which are bent forward at Serial No. 119,809- (Nomodel.)

the edges of the said member to form shoulders 9 and 10, and arereturned upon themselves to form seats 11 and 12, in which is seated afront member 13, which is provided with an opening or cut-away portion14 below the lower edge of the backing member 2. The purpose of theopening 14 is to allow a person desiring to pull down the strip to seethe strip at the place where he can take hold of it. When the lowerportion of the strip has been removed by tearing it across the loweredge of the front member or cutter 13, the remaining end of the'stripwill not be visible below said front member, and a person intending touse the mouthpiece and desiring to bringa clean portion of the strip infront of the same before using may see the strip through the opening 14,and by pressing against the same with the thumb or finger can move itback from the rear of the front member into position, where it can bereadily grasped by the thumb and finger, whereupon he will be able todraw it down, thus bringing a new portion of thc strip of paper 15across the mouthpiece 16.

The bows or end members 17 and 18 of the bow-spring are preferablyleaf-springs, which extend through the openings 3 and 4 and pressagainst or spring toward the front piece 13 to grip the strip firmlybetween them and said By constructing the members 17 and 18 to act asfriction-springs, which bear directly against the paper strip, I providea very simple and effective means for retaining the stripfriction-tight.

The strip can readily be threaded through the holder by trimming thefront end thereof to a point and passing said point through the openspace 19 between the middle bar 20 of the backing and rear face of thefront piece 13. Then the strip thus threaded has been drawn downsufficiently, the portions of the strip on both sides of the middle linethereof will be drawn down between the bow members and the front piece,and thereby held taut across the opening of the mouthpiece.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Astrip-holder for a hygienic mouthpiece appliance comprising abacking member, a front member having a cutting edge at the lowerportion and an opening above said cutting edge, and a spring connectedwith the back portion and arranged to press toward the front member topress the strip against said front member above said opening.

2. In a strip-holder for a hygienic mouthpiece appliance a front memberand a bowspring supported at its middle behind the same, and having itsends bowed respectively and arranged to press the strip forward againstthe front member.

3. A hygienic mouthpiece appliance comprising means for holding a stripin front of the mouthpiece and a bow-spring for engaging the stripbetween the middle and edges.

4:. Means for holding a strip, comprising a backing having openings; afront piece, and a spring mounted on the backing and extending throughthe openings to press the strip against the front piece.

5. The combination with the mouthpiece, of a roll-holder at one side ofthe mouthpiece, a cutting-plate at the other side of the mouthpiece, anda spring adapted to press the paper against the cutter-plate, saidcutter-plate having a cut-away portion adjacent the cutting edge thereofthrough which the paper is visible.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, this 7th day of August, 1902.

HORACE L. CUTTER.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, F. M. TOWNSEND.

